- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) provides numerous tools for improving practice, including information about plan-do-study-act (PDSA) methods.
- AHRQ's Health IT Web site provides extensive guidance on workflow assessments for implementing information technology. Many of the online tools and guidance are perfectly applicable to thinking through workflows and mapping office processes. Look for the "workflow tools" link.
- AHRQ also sponsored the development of an office efficiency decision guide:
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Health Assessments in Primary Care
Appendix 9: Tools for Making Changes in Your Practice
Table of Contents
- Health Assessments in Primary Care
- Introduction
- Section 1. How Ready is Your Practice to Implement a New Health Assessment?
- Section 2. How Does Your Practice Choose an Assessment?
- Section 3. How Do You Work Health Assessments into Your Office Workflow?
- Section 4. How Do You Use the Health Assessment Information You Collect?
- Section 5. How Do You Activate and Engage Patients in Using Their Health Assessment Information?
- Section 6. How Does Your Practice Sustain Health Assessments?
- Appendixes
- Appendix 1: Background on Health Assessments in Primary Care
- Appendix 2: Health Assessment Case Study
- Appendix 3: Health Assessments for Adults
- Appendix 4: Adult Health Assessment Sample Questions
- Appendix 5: Assessments for Children
- Appendix 6: Assessments for Adolescents
- Appendix 7: Health Assessments for Seniors
- Appendix 8: Crosswalk of Health Assessments Related to Incentive and Quality Programs
- Appendix 9: Tools for Making Changes in Your Practice
- Appendix 10: Health Assessment Information for Patients
- Appendix 11: Patient Feedback Survey Example
- References
Page last reviewed October 2020
Page originally created September 2013
Internet Citation: Appendix 9: Tools for Making Changes in Your Practice. Content last reviewed October 2020. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
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